Megersa and Diriba among favourites in Frankfurt
Ethiopians Dejene Megersa and Buze Diriba are among the favourites to win the 2025 Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on 26 October.
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Ethiopians Dejene Megersa and Buze Diriba are among the favourites to win the 2025 Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on 26 October.
Swiss sportswear brand On announces Samuel Tefera’s addition to its roster. The Ethiopian won the 1500m World Indoor Championships in 2018 at 18 years old.
Swiss sportswear brand On announce the signing of World Indoor 3000m Champion Freweyni Hailu from Ethiopia to its growing team of world-class athletes.
Tsige Duguma smashed the Ethiopian record in the 800m with 1:56.64, Berihu Aregawi ran the fastest outdoor 5000m of the year in 12:50.45, and Akani Simbine clocked 9.98 to win the 100m at the Wanda Diamond League in Shanghai/Keqiao on Saturday.
Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa smashed the women-only world record at the 45th edition of the London Marathon, crossing the finish line in 2:15:50.
The requirement for a master’s degree in sports for the position of the head coach of the Ethiopian national team sparks discontent among current coaches
Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia set a new championship record of 3:54.86 to claim the 1500m gold ahead of compatriot Diribe Welteji at the World Indoor Championships Nanjing 25.
Ethiopia’s Freweyni Hailu wins the second world indoor title of her career, and her third world indoor medal across as many disciplines, at the World Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 on Saturday.
A strong women’s field headed by Workenesh Edesa of Ethiopia will line up at the 2025 Haspa Marathon Hamburg on 27th April.
Ethio Telecom sponsors the 42nd Janmeda International Cross Country Championship, strengthening the role of African telecom in sports.
World indoor 1500m champion Freweyni Hailu dominated the women’s 3000m at the Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava, running 8:24.17, one of the fastest times in history.
Ethiopian Ejgayehu Taye and Kenya’s Isaia Lasoi are leading contenders to follow a quartet of stars who have set world records in the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon 2025.
Debutant Bute Gemechu clinches victory, whilst Bedatu Hirpa delivers an unexpected win over favourite Dera Dida as Ethiopians dominate the 2025 Dubai Marathon on Sunday.
Ethiopia’s Chala Ketama Regasa won the men’s race in 2:06:16, while Kenya’s Catherine Reline Amanang’ole triumphed in the women’s race with 2:20:34 at the 2024 ADNOC Abu Dhabi Marathon.
Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa will return to the scene of one of his most memorable victories when he joins the elite field of world-class athletes at the 24th Dubai Marathon on Sunday, January 12, 2025.
Ethiopia’s Sembo Almayew is the only African athlete in the top three and stands a great chance to win the award.
Ethiopian Dejene Debela prevails while Kenyan-born Bahraini Ruth Jebet continues marathon win streak at the 2024 Türkiye Is Bankasi Istanbul Marathon on Sunday.
Ethiopian women continue to dominate the all-time list in the marathon with 17 of their compatriots among the 30 fastest runners ever.
Ethiopian Hawi Feysa wins the 41st Mainova Frankfurt Marathon with a superb course record, finishing in 2:17:25, and Kenyan debutant Benard Biwott wins the men’s race.
Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha lowers the previous mark of 57:31 – recorded three years ago in Lisbon by Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda – by just one second at the 2024 Valencia Half Marathon.
Ethiopian dominance as Yalemzerf Yehualaw breaks the course record in 2:16:52 whilst Tsegaye Getachew reclaims the men’s title with 2:05:38 at the TCS Amsterdam Marathon 2024 on Sunday.
Ethiopians Tigist Abayechew and Yeshi Chekole are the two fastest entrants on the start list for the 41st Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on October 27.
After Tigst Assefa improved the course record to 2:15:37 in 2022 and pulverised the world record with 2:11:53 in Berlin last year, her training partner Tigist Ketema took the crown in 2024.
Ethiopians Milkesa Mengesha and Tigist Ketema sweep the top honours in the 50th anniversary race of the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON in the German capital.
Deep fields are assembled with 14 men who have already run sub 2:06 as the 50th edition of the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON promises fast and exciting elite races.
Ethiopia’s Lemlem Hailu and Kenya’s Grace Loibach Nawowuna to head the 2024 tRUNsylvania 10K women’s field.
With Ethiopia vs Kenya in the men’s Valencia Half race, women’s 10K record holder Agnes Jebet Ngetich will make her debut at 21.1km in the city where she achieved her world record in January.
Abdisa Fayisa wins men’s 1500m final and Saron Berhe takes the women’s gold for Ethiopia, whilst Kenyan Edmund Serem tops the steeplechase with world U20 lead of 8:15.28 on the final day of the World Athletics U20 Championships Lima 24.
Ethiopia’s Sembo Almayew sets a championship record in the 3000m steeplechase and South Africa’s Udeme Okon wins the 400m gold on third day of action at the World Athletics U20 Championships Lima 24.
Ethiopia’s Medina Eisa secured the world U20 5000m title with record-breaking performance on first day of action at the World Athletics U20 Championships Lima 24.
Fantaye Belayneh led an Ethiopian 1-2 in women’s 5000m just like Nibret Melak in the men’s 10,000m earlier on Saturday, while Hugues Fabrice Zango and Mostafa Elgamel claimed victories for the third time as the 23rd CAA African Athletics Senior Championships ends in Douala, Cameroon.
Degitu Azimeraw and Tadesse Abraham emerged victorious at the Zurich Marató Barcelona – a World Athletics Gold Label road race.
Tigist Ketema breaks debut world record while a former javelin
thrower Addisu Gobena takes the men’s title at the 2024 Dubai Marathon.
Reigning Dubai Marathon champion Dera Dida of Ethiopia will lead the women’s elite field when she returns for her title defence in Dubai in January.
Two young stars stole the show at the World Athletics Road Running Championships Riga 23, setting new world records in the electrifying mile races.
Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey ran 14:08.79 at Berlin’s ISTAF Meeting, but missed reclaiming the 5,000m world record by four secs.
Senbere Teferi, who holds the 5k world record, is part of a formidable group of African runners in the 2023 Vienna City Marathon’s competitive women’s elite division.
Ethiopia’s star runner Lamecha Girma, known for his impressive collection of silver medals, added a shiny new world record to his trophy cabinet at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais, smashing the world indoor 3000m record in a jaw-dropping 7:23.81!
Tsegaye Mekonnen Asefa, former winner and unofficial junior world record holder, will participate in the 2023 Dubai Marathon on February 12th.
Addisu Yihune of Ethiopia out-sprinted Merhawi Mebrahtu of Eritrea to claim the men’s 5000m title 14:03.05 to 14:03.33 at the World Athletics U20 Championships Cali22 on Monday.
Gotytom Gebreslase secures Ethiopia’s second gold medal in the marathon, lowering the world championships record to 2:18:11 for victory, at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 on Monday.
Tamirat Tola led an Ethiopian 1-2 ahead of compatriot Mosinet Geremew, clocking 2:05:36, to smash the 13 year-old World championship marathon record at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon 22.
Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey held off Kenyan duo of Hellen Obiri and Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi to win the gold medal in the women’s 10,000m at the World Athletics Championships, Oregon22.
The Ethiopians led by Mogos Tiumay scooped the gold and silver medals ahead of rival Kenya in the first track final of the 22nd African Athletics Championships in Mauritius.
When five of the world leading distance runners gathered ahead of TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2022 on Sunday, one common question for them was: “How fast do you think you will run on Sunday?”
Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha wins the men’s 5km in 12:53 – the fastest debut in history – at the 2022 Adizero Road to Records event in Herzogenaurach on Saturday.
World champions Muktar Edris (Ethiopia) and Hellen Obiri (Kenya) head to Bengaluru for the 2022 TCS World 10K race on Sunday 15 May.
Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw dominated the women’s race from the beginning, producing a sensational marathon debut, to win 2022 Haspa Marathon Hamburg in 2:17:23 on Sunday.
Ethiopia’s 10k world record holder Yalemzerf Yehualaw will run her much anticipated debut at the 36th Haspa Marathon Hamburg on Sunday April 24.
The 22-year-old Ethiopian edged out Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to retain the world indoor 1500m title at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade.
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